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In the name of God Amen; I Nicholas Armstrong of Williamstone in the parish of Knarsdale & County of Northumberland yeoman, being sick in body but of good & perfect remembrance praised be God for the same. and calling to mind the uncertainty of this life and being desirous to settle my earthly concerns do make & ordaine this my last will & Testament in maner & forme following; first & principally I commit my soul into the hands of God my Creat[o]r hoping assuredly through Christ Jesus my Redeemer to obtaine full and free remission of all my sins, and my body to the earth of w[hi]ch it was made to be buryed att the discretion of my Executrix hereafter named And as for those Temporall goods w[hic]h the Lord hath been pleased to bestow upon me I bequeath them as followeth; first I give unto my son John my whole Messuage & Tenement & freehold estate situate att Williamstone to enter upon one half of the same as soon as he attaine the age of Twenty one years if his Grandfather & Grandmother be then dead, otherwise att the death of the survivor of them, and to enter upon the other halfe att & upon the death of his mother is case he hath completed the age of twenty one years. Item I give unto my son William the summe of Twenty pounds. Item I give unto my three daughters Elizabeth Mary and Frances to every one of them the summe of ten pounds, All w[hi]ch Legacys my will is that they be payed by my son John as soon as he shall enter upon one hafe of my estate And if any of my younger children dy before the Legacy hereby bequeathed fall due that then such Legacys shall descend upon & be equally divided amongst my surviving Children. And my will further is that the shaw wood & other woods standing & growing upon my said estate be sould for the payment of my debts & funeral expences and if the said wood shall fall short in discharging my debt, that my son John shall discharge the said debts when he enters upon the first halfe of my estate, and that the said wood shall be sould att the discretion of my two brothers Nicholas Walton and John Teasdell both of Bagill in Alston moore & my Cousen Henry Wallis of Whitley in the parish of Kirkhaugh, Item I give unto my wife Deborah the one halfe of my said estate to have and enjoy the same during the tearme of her natural life and the other halfe after the death of my father and Mother till such times as it fall due to my son John as abovesaid and I do make my said wife full and sole Executrix of this my last will and testament
Revoking and disannulling all other wills by me Att any Times heretofore made, In Wittness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale this third day of November; Anno Do[min]i 1707
Nicholis Armstrong
Sined sealed & delivered In the presence of
Richard Walliss Elizabeth Lee her mark X Henry Wallis
1708 Test[amentum} et Inven[tarium] Nicho: Armestrong nup[er] de Williamston infra paroc[hi]a de Knaresdaile def[unc]ti
A true and perfect Inventory of the Goods & Chattles of Nicholas Armstrong of Williamstone in the County of Northumberland deceas’d Apprized & Inventory’d this 26th day of November 1707. By us whose names are underwritten
£ s d
Imprimis His Horse & Apparel 05 00 00
Item 6 Cows 09 10 00
Item 2 Steers 03 00 00
Item 2 Heiffers 02 10 00
Item 1 Calf 00 10 00
Item 1 Old Mare 1 Colt 02 10 00
Item 70 Old Sheep at 2s. per sheep 07 00 00
Item 28 Young Sheep at 1s. 6d. 02 02 00
Item 1 Cupboard, 1 Chest of Draw[e]rs, 1 Chest 03 00 00
Item 1 Table, 3 Bedsteads, 2 Forms 01 05 00
Item Bedding & Table=Linnen 05 00 00
Item 2 Wheels 00 05 00
Item Brass Pewter & Iron 04 00 00
Item 3 Chairs & Husbandry Implements 01 10 00
Total 47 02 00
Debts owing to the Deceas’d
By Cuthbert Moor 00 11 00
By Timothy Teasdale 00 15 00
By Francis Bell 00 10 00
Other Small Debts amounting to 00 10 00
02 06 00
Debts owing by the Deceas’d
To Tho: Pearson 40 00 00
To John: Keelyside 10 00 00
To Edw. Little 10 00 00
To John: Armstrong 13 03 00
To John: Brown 02 10 00
To Dr. Musgrave 01 12 06
To Eliza: Crozier 07 00 00
To Eliza: Lee 01 05 00
Funeral Charges 03 00 00
Other Small Debts amounting to 01 00 00
Tot. 89 10 06
Apprizors
George Wallas [Mark] G Richard Wallace Henry Wallasse John Teasdall
Phil: Areskine Rector de Knarsdale
DPR/I/1/1708/W2/1-2 Will & inventory; will bond, penal sum £200, 13 October 1708 DPR/I/3/1708/B160/1-2. Armstrong was the husband of Deborah Fetherstonhaugh, daughter of Elizabeth Lee of Blagill
